"Take You There," #10 this week on Billboard's Hot 100, is a pretty good jam, though. It's a strange mix of '80s pop, '90s Euro and just plain ghetto that I first heard on the radio last fall. I like that today's new crop of artists are getting things back to melody and catchy hooks. And ghetto.

Other decent pop singles on the move are Rihanna's "Don't Stop The Music" (up from #26 to #13), Natasha Bedingfield and Sean Kingston's "Love Like This" (certified gold, at #19) and Britney Spears' "Piece Of Me" (up five positions to #23).

I'm slightly proud to say my new fave jam, Miley Cyrus' "See You Again," lands in the Top 40 at #35 this sweek. She's a firecracker, that broad.

A bit of a flashback: Two years ago tomorrow a movie called High School Musical first aired on the Disney Channel. I first noted the odd phenomenon that was happening, particularly with the massive downloads on iTunes, in the following week's chart post in late January 2006. Now Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens are household names. And they're doing sex.

I have to say I caught myself reacting to someone trashing Sean Kingston a few weeks ago by saying "yeah...but his new song's kinda good". And I'm glad that there's some actual dance-pop on the charts. They say this stuff comes around every 10 years or so, which means we're probably due.

On a side note, is anyone else surprised that the Cascada remake of "What Hurts the Most" didn't hit? I figured that was a no-brainer, for some reason, but I also thought that Miley Cyrus would never have an actual pop hit. Go figure...

Greg, yes, but Miley really didn't matter to anyone till she started lesbian-ing in hotel rooms and taking naps during her concerts and sending out a body double to do the grunt work. And, yeah, at least now there's a handful (maybe half a handful) of decent songs on there, compared to the Nelly/J.Lo/Ja Rule/Usher days.

John, so true...funny how it seems... And Cascada -- one hit wonder as far as the States are concerned. And that doesn't bother me -- every song on their two albums has the same beat and synth hook. That's what hurts the most...

RobP, I think it's because Sean Kingston would never be able to bag that hot piece of trim.